When we get him our attacking option is set next season, just need to learn to defend.

p.s. fuck Robin van Pussy

Not really a winger, more like a right-sided midfielder (or left? can't remember). Tracks back a lot.

Well, I'm glad someone said it.

Given what our needs are now, i'd definitely take him, but I won't pretend to have seen much to suggest that the 'better than Silva / Mata' stuff is anything more than hyperbole.

General Mirth wrote:

Scouting reports from 5 years ago don't really reveal much, if he's indeed been the best player outside of Madrid and Barcelona last season then it's fair to say that he's turned a corner.

Possibly. This is a most unlikely signing though. There's almost no reason for him to want to come here. Malaga Got billionaire owners like psg and City. He won't be coming here for the money, or the weather, or the opportunity to play alongside Ramsey.. And trophy potential is about even..

Not an expert on him, but I'd guessed that if he was better than both Mata and Silva he'd have forced them down the pecking order in the Spanish setup by now 🙂
Doesn't matter if he's not quiet at their level he's far better that who we have currently available in that area.
I take the Arteta experience of last season as proof that not quite good enough to break into the Spanish squad is not an indication of averageness.

Hopefully we get to see evidence of that this season then.
After Silva, Mata was the most creative player in the league last season.

flobaba wrote:
General Mirth wrote:

Scouting reports from 5 years ago don't really reveal much, if he's indeed been the best player outside of Madrid and Barcelona last season then it's fair to say that he's turned a corner.

Possibly. This is a most unlikely signing though. There's almost no reason for him to want to come here. Malaga Got billionaire owners like psg and City. He won't be coming here for the money, or the weather, or the opportunity to play alongside Ramsey.. And trophy potential is about even..

Malaga are in serious trouble though financially. They have neither made full payments to players nor clubs they owed money to for transfers, reportedly. They have a week to make these payments else they will lose their Champions League place. It is not unlikely that they cash in on their most expensive signing and one of their best players - 9 goals and 8 assists last season in 34 appearances.

There's every reason for him to leave Malaga to come here.
Economically Spain is on it's knees and needs a bailout in the region of 300 billion, as Rohit said Malaga can't even pay players wages.
He's also said he wants to come here.

Thing is, their owner can pay it tomorrow if he feels like it, so I wouldn't rely on them needing cash.

y va marquer wrote:

Hopefully we get to see evidence of that this season then.
After Silva, Mata was the most creative player in the league last season.

I just meant in relation to the Spain squad, not necessarily their relative quality.

Ah, right.

In relation to Malaga and their finances - the fact that they allowed a situation to arise wherein players went without wages, despite having an owner wealthy enough to pay them, would be reason enough for any player to want out?

I'm sure quite a few players will want out, but the key issue is that Malaga don't necessarily have to sell.

Cazorla is 27, Im sure he would want to play for a bigger club than Malaga. He probably thought they would spend Man City money when he joined them

They often change the headline on the internet version after it's been published.

It was edited this morning.

Getting excited about this one now. This would be a proper star signing.

Its guys like Carzola, Podolski, Giroud that we should have been signing for years.

Hmmmm.
Tying really hard not to get too excited about this 🙂 , but it's ridiculously quiet at work today so I've got little to distract me.
Plus I've convinced myself it's happening.

This one clearly has legs. People yesterday getting very excited over Wenger's "never heard of him" comment 😆

y va marquer wrote:

Hmmmm.
Tying really hard not to get too excited about this 🙂 , but it's ridiculously quiet at work today so I've got little to distract me.
Plus I've convinced myself it's happening.

feed of the boscielny good news for a while, then revert back to gettin giddy about this

if that fails think of eisfeld who ricky and peps say will be better than gotze

:drool:

We've missed a consistent scorer from free-kicks ever since Thierry left.

qs! wrote:

Its guys like Carzola, Podolski, Giroud that we should have been signing for years.

And last season we signed Arteta and Mertesacker. Finally turned a corner?

I'm getting nervous about this, I can't believe no other club will come in and make things difficult for us.

A source close to Malaga apparently told Sky Sports that they will solve their financial problems and want to keep Cazorla.

I'm pretty sure that the bigger players would want to leave regardless.

qs! wrote:

Getting excited about this one now. This would be a proper star signing.

Its guys like Carzola, Podolski, Giroud that we should have been signing for years.

Exactly, good quality players that don't come with the superstar tag and price. Would be well happy if we get him but I'll wait before getting my hopes up!

I just hope Cazorla has fallen out in a big way with Malaga, otherwise I don't think they'll let him go either!

One of his better matches last season playing in his favourite deep midfield position. Superb long pass accuracy and good vision

We don't need to sell RVP according to the club. Its just negotiating.

They're hardly likely to say "well shit, we're desperate for money and we have to sell our best player(s)".

Seems that £15m is all it will take to clear whatever debt is bothering them for the time being and they have a week to come up with it; selling players will be a last resort.

The owners have only 2 options, either cough up their own money or sell players.

You and I know there is a third option (drag it on for another six months like everyone else does).

I am just hoping UEFA and the Spanish FA are very serious about their threats, especially of expelling them from Europe. It could push them into immediate action if the owners don't want to pump in their own money. Whatever the reasons of them stalling the payments, missing out on their first ever CL won't be an option in the current scenario.

He looks to be our most realistic target, in the bracket of good creative players that would improve the team, also at the right age - would allow other youngsters to bed in over the next few years. I really built up this expectation in my head, so hoping it does indeed happen.

If cazorla is sufficiently fucked off with the situation it wont matter if they cough up the cash to pay their debts or not. He cant be happy with not getting paid when he should be. That's about as small time as it gets.

Seems to do his fair share of defensive work, which is good. I don't want the team to have to carry a player to make him effective.

Mello wrote:

Seems to do his fair share of defensive work, which is good. I don't want the team to have to carry a player to make him effective.

This is one of the main reason I want him, he puts in a shift

What does it say? Anything more than he said a couple of days ago?

A Mexican journalist who works for Fox Sports @DiegoBalado is reporting Cazorla has left Malaga for #Arsenal

His tweet was this - "Santi Cazorla deja al Málaga para sumarse al Arsenal inglés''

Translates to, Cazorla has left Malaga for Arsenal. The journalist has 89k followers.